Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in United States of America

United States of America: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC was 18,539 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
18,539 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.1%
Rank
16th
of 26 groups
All-time high
18,539 1000 ha
in 2022
All-time low
18,271 1000 ha
in 1994
Years of data
31
1992–2022

Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in United States of America, 1992–2022

05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k1992200720221992: 18.3k 1000 ha1993: 18.3k 1000 ha1994: 18.3k 1000 ha1995: 18.3k 1000 ha1996: 18.3k 1000 ha1997: 18.3k 1000 ha1998: 18.3k 1000 ha1999: 18.3k 1000 ha2000: 18.3k 1000 ha2001: 18.3k 1000 ha2002: 18.3k 1000 ha2003: 18.3k 1000 ha2004: 18.3k 1000 ha2005: 18.3k 1000 ha2006: 18.3k 1000 ha2007: 18.4k 1000 ha2008: 18.4k 1000 ha2009: 18.4k 1000 ha2010: 18.4k 1000 ha2011: 18.4k 1000 ha2012: 18.4k 1000 ha2013: 18.4k 1000 ha2014: 18.4k 1000 ha2015: 18.5k 1000 ha2016: 18.5k 1000 ha2017: 18.5k 1000 ha2018: 18.5k 1000 ha2019: 18.5k 1000 ha2020: 18.5k 1000 ha2021: 18.5k 1000 ha2022: 18.5k 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

The most recent figure for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in United States of America is 18,539 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in United States of America peaked at 18,539 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 18,271 1000 ha, in 1994.

United States of America ranks 16th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in United States of America, year by year

Annual values for Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in United States of America, 1992 to 2022.
Year 1000 ha Change
1992 18,274 1000 ha
1993 18,272 1000 ha -0.0%
1994 18,271 1000 ha -0.0%
1995 18,274 1000 ha +0.0%
1996 18,274 1000 ha +0.0%
1997 18,276 1000 ha +0.0%
1998 18,281 1000 ha +0.0%
1999 18,284 1000 ha +0.0%
2000 18,288 1000 ha +0.0%
2001 18,297 1000 ha +0.0%
2002 18,302 1000 ha +0.0%
2003 18,318 1000 ha +0.1%
2004 18,325 1000 ha +0.0%
2005 18,332 1000 ha +0.0%
2006 18,339 1000 ha +0.0%
2007 18,353 1000 ha +0.1%
2008 18,385 1000 ha +0.2%
2009 18,400 1000 ha +0.1%
2010 18,414 1000 ha +0.1%
2011 18,418 1000 ha +0.0%
2012 18,420 1000 ha +0.0%
2013 18,440 1000 ha +0.1%
2014 18,448 1000 ha +0.0%
2015 18,456 1000 ha +0.0%
2016 18,463 1000 ha +0.0%
2017 18,464 1000 ha +0.0%
2018 18,463 1000 ha -0.0%
2019 18,519 1000 ha +0.3%
2020 18,510 1000 ha -0.0%
2021 18,521 1000 ha +0.1%
2022 18,539 1000 ha +0.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 18,276 1000 ha 18,271 1000 ha 18,284 1000 ha 8
2000s 18,334 1000 ha 18,288 1000 ha 18,400 1000 ha 10
2010s 18,450 1000 ha 18,414 1000 ha 18,519 1000 ha 10
2020s 18,523 1000 ha 18,510 1000 ha 18,539 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near United States of America

  1. 13 Chad 62,733 1000 ha compare
  2. 13 Micronesia 0.03 1000 ha compare
  3. 14 Canada 40,380 1000 ha compare
  4. 14 Republic of Moldova 0.02 1000 ha compare
  5. 15 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0 1000 ha
  6. 15 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0 1000 ha
  7. 15 Timor-Leste 0 1000 ha
  8. 15 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0 1000 ha
  9. 15 Yemen 35,398 1000 ha compare
  10. 15 Polynesia 0 1000 ha
  11. 16 Australia and New Zealand 33,050 1000 ha compare
  12. 17 Russian Federation 32,677 1000 ha compare
  13. 18 Iraq 32,538 1000 ha compare
  14. 19 Turkmenistan 32,432 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in United States of America?
Terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in United States of America was 18,539 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc recorded in United States of America?
The highest recorded value was 18,539 1000 ha in 2022.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc recorded in United States of America?
The lowest recorded value was 18,271 1000 ha in 1994.
How does United States of America rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc?
United States of America ranks 16th out of 26 groups with data for 2022.
Is terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc rising or falling in United States of America?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this United States of America data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
270 places, 8,231 data points, 1992–2022
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The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.